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Deirdre McQuillan

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  1. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Deirdre McQuillan

    Five stylish women plan their outfits for Dublin Design Week (opens the original)

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    For those curious about design in whatever form – architecture, interiors or fashion – Dublin Design Week, which returns for its second season this weekend, offers many opportunities to network. The event, founded by Jane and Sarah McDonnell, gathers together exceptional Irish architects, interior designers and creatives on both the national and international stage. Guest speakers include designer Jasper Conran, award-winning architects Niall McLaughlin and O’Donnell and Twomey, fashion de

  2. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Deirdre McQuillan

    Photographer Jackie Nickerson: ‘It is amazing how Irish fashion designers are now punching above their weight’ (opens the original)

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    Growing up in Nottingham, Jackie Nickerson at 13 was given a Kodak Instamatic by her mother, “and that was it – I Ioved that sound of the click, click”, the acclaimed photographer recalls with a smile when we meet at her home overlooking the sea in Co Louth, where she lives with her husband, the graphic artist Kevin Gurry. A conceptual documentary photographer, Nickerson is known for portraiture, and her interest in environment, identity and materiality. Her work has been exhibited interna

  3. Article · Aug 24, 2026 · Deirdre McQuillan

    A visit to Verona during opera season: a city rich in treasures (opens the original)

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    It may be known for Romeo and Juliet and their now beleaguered balcony, but the ancient city of Verona, which lies on the powerful, fast-moving Adige river, has so much to offer and is far less crowded than Venice. We arrived there recently to see Verdi’s La traviata during the city’s annual opera season, which runs from June until September, featuring five operas, two ballets and eight symphonic programmes. Staged in the Arena, a Roman amphitheatre which is older than Rome’s Colosseum, it

  4. Article · Aug 10, 2026 · Deirdre McQuillan

    ‘The world’s most remote knitwear brand’: Inis Meáin marks 50 years in business on the Aran Islands (opens the original)

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    “Whatever you do, make it beautiful,” counselled Áine de Blacam to her son Ruairí three years ago, when he and his wife Marie-Thérèse took over Inis Meáin Knitwear on the Aran Islands, which marks 50 years in business this year. Founded by Ruairí’s parents Tarlach and Áine in 1976 to build a sustainable life on the wild island out in the Atlantic, that same imperative, along with the ability to draw from a rich heritage and a wide back catalogue, drives Ruairí’s vision for the co

  5. Article · Aug 2, 2026 · Deirdre McQuillan

    Milliner Margaret O’Connor on making hats with attitude: ‘At the moment I am creating some of my best work’ (opens the original)

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    Margaret O’Connor knows how to make heads turn. Her hats have attitude. If millinery is an expression of freedom (according to hatmaker extraordinaire Stephen Jones), her creativity knows no bounds. With the Galway Races on all last week and more racing fixtures throughout August, there are those out for the flutter or the feathers, and her hats and headbands are everywhere. An awardwinning multidisciplinary artist with a fiery and fearless spirit, and who trained with Philip Treacy, O’Conno

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